Hi everyone! I’m delighted to announce that this week, the eBook version of Tidepool went up on Amazon and Kobo for preorder. (Just FYI: the cover on the sale pages is not the final cover; it’s a Parliament House placeholder cover.) …

April has seen bug cocoons before. She’s almost nine, after all. But the one hanging from a tree branch in the woods behind their new home makes her feel like cold fingers are pressing into the back of her neck. She’s never seen one like this before. It’s big. Really…

I was nine years old on the night the witch came to our house for Halloween and refused to leave. The Princess Leia costume Mom made me was a big hit in my neighborhood, and when I returned home from trick-or-treating, my orange plastic pumpkin overflowed with candy bars, M&Ms…

Robin’s always had trouble sleeping in strange places, and this place is still strange even if it’s hers. The streetlight shadows are in different spots on the ceiling. The air around her smells of fresh paint. Even in the darkness, the walls feel closer. …

The boy on the shabby green sofa was going to die no matter what anyone did. Even Dr. Harry Purdee, no real doctor at all, could see that. …

Mickey Dugan (24, bartender) has a plan. It’s the best plan he’s come up with since he landed on the beach for the new season of Last One Standing. Hell — it’s the best plan he’s had since he got the idea to apply for this stupid show. Mickey pretends…

It’s not about the jeans. It’s about respect. That’s what Sadie doesn’t understand. “Why are you guys pissed? I said you could borrow my stuff too.” Sadie’s sprawled on one of the ugly orange sofas in our dorm’s lounge, finishing the last of Gretchen’s leftover pizza. …

The customers at Smocking’s Oddity Shoppe on that overcast Saturday afternoon later swore they actually heard Mr. Griswold coming before he entered the place. The pale, trembling fellow threw the door open, his eyes wide and red. …

Zoe heard the first toy before she saw it. An odd clank-clank-clank sound disturbed the quiet in the upstairs hallway, and Zoe wandered around trying to find the noise. Her husband Troy glanced at the ceiling and smirked. “Maybe it’s mice.” Zoe shuddered. “That’s not funny. We just moved here.”…